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Intermediate	Witnesses from the Past, Hope for the Future: A History of the Marianist Family in Times of Persecution and Hardship Gabrielle Bibeau, FMI, examines different times under which the Marianist Sisters were forced to operate under dangerous circumstances of suppression and violence, namely, the French secularization of the early twentieth century (which almost wiped out the Sisters), and the First and Second World Wars.
BAS / INT	A Witness of Love: Examining the Correspondence of Four Nonviolent Activists In "A Witness of Love," Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch writes: "This message of radical love is at the root of nonviolence in the Christian tradition . . . it is central to the lives of four correspondents, William Joseph Chaminade, Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton."
Basic	Conscience that Would Not Be Silenced Looking back over my 26 years as "The Tablet’s" Vienna correspondent, I can think of no more remarkable story than that of Blessed Jakob Gapp.
Basic	The Soldier of Mary: William Joseph Chaminade A tribute to Blessed Chaminade originally published in a French newspaper in honor of his beatification.
Basic	The Marianist Founders and Social Justice Felipe Melcher, SM, has assembled useful quotes from Marianist sources that pertain to key elements of how Marianists view social justice.
Basic	Like Jesus, He Gave His Life Protecting His People: Brother Miguel Ángel Quiroga Brother Miguel (“Michel”) Ángel Quiroga died defending life in Colombia.
Resource	Marianist Music Be taken to the foot of the cross, make an act of consecration, or literally sing the praises of Blessed Chaminade with Marianist music composed by Brother Stan Zubek, SM.
INT / ADV	The Three O'Clock Prayer Jean-Baptiste Armbruster, SM, traces the origin and evolution of the Three O'Clock Prayer. (The prayer's purpose and meaning has changed over time.) He culminates his work with proposals on using it today.
Basic	Mary an Activist? Explore Mary's pain of losing her child through an act of violence. Susan Handle Terbay ponders Mary's grief and sees her not as a meek woman, but as an activist.
Advanced	Why Are There Two "Societies of Mary"?: Notes on the Origins of Marianists and Marists Fun fact: Did you know there are two religious congregations with the name "Society of Mary" (SM) in the Roman Catholic Church? Brother Timothy Phillips, SM (Marianist), and Alois Greiler, SM (Marist), look at this unusual occurrence.
Basic	A Sociologist Considers the Contributions of Marie Thérèse de Lamourous Laura M. Leming, FMI, a sociologist at the University of Dayton and a Marianist Sister, highlights Marie Thérèse's "best practices" of social ministry in relation to this Marianist Founder's work with former sex workers at the Miséricorde.
Basic	Blessed Jakob Gapp: Social Justice Animator For Father Jakob Gapp, martyred by the Nazis during World War II, the identification point is social justice. Through his life and actions he sang Mary’s song, the Magnificat, and proclaimed how God lifts up the lowly and casts down the powerful.
Resource	Meditation on the Creed Blessed Chaminade offered to his disciples a “prayer method based on the Creed.”
Basic	Marianists in Eastern Africa Faces, places, and stories from the Marianist implantation in Eastern Africa—covering the years 1957-2006. Learn about the joys, struggles, and challenges along the way as the Marianist charism takes root.
INT / ADV	Chaminade and Mary According to Johann G. Roten, SM: "Chaminade was more than a moralist; he was a prophet who proclaimed courageously the victory of Christ, whose most beautiful work is the Virgin Mary. Indeed, his thought is definitely more Christological and ecclesial than Marian."
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (I) True love always seeks the interests of the beloved and how to please him or her. The opposite is not love but possessive self-centeredness.
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (II) Father Chaminade is emphatic: “We must remember faith belongs more to the heart than to the mind.”
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (III) This is the final installment in Father Eduardo Benlloch's series of spiritual reflections on what can be called a Marianist style of meditation.
Basic	Our Lady of the Pillar: Patroness This is an interesting story, seemingly unbelievable, about Mary’s first apparition in history, states Brother John Samaha, SM.
BAS / INT	Marianist Theme: Mary Through words and images, Father Solma explains his rediscovery of Mary . . . a woman some put on "the shelf" following the Second Vatican Council.